{"id":288028,"date":"2018-12-04T11:02:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T09:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=288028"},"modified":"2018-12-04T11:33:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T09:33:56","slug":"telkoms-new-mobile-data-transfer-tool-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/288028-telkoms-new-mobile-data-transfer-tool-tested.html","title":{"rendered":"Telkom’s new mobile data transfer tool tested"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telkom recently announced that it would implement functionality on its network to facilitate the transfer of mobile data between users.<\/p>\n

The mobile operator also said it would increase the validity of data bundles up to 500MB in size.<\/p>\n

These changes align Telkom’s mobile offering with the latest End-User and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations from ICASA.<\/p>\n

The regulations also prohibit all mobile networks from charging subscribers for out-of-bundle usage without consent, a blocking measure which Telkom has employed for some time now to prevent customers from unintentionally using out-of-bundle data.<\/p>\n

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New data rules<\/h3>\n

To test the new tools, we purchased a new prepaid SIM from a Telkom store on 1 December and activated it.<\/p>\n

The SIM was purchased on the standard Telkom More tariff.<\/p>\n

On 3 December, we purchased 500MB of mobile data through an online banking app and set up our test to transfer the data.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that Telkom data bundles which are 25MB-500MB in size are now valid for six months, and after a portion of the data bundle is sent to another number, it should retain its expiry date. In this case, 1 July 2019.<\/p>\n

Below is a breakdown of the data transfer process.<\/p>\n

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Data transfer<\/h3>\n

Telkom prepaid and contract customers can transfer data to other customers by accessing the “Transfer” option (No. 3) in the *180# Telkom USSD menu.<\/p>\n

From this menu, users can choose to send data bundles and will need to input the cellphone number of the recipient before selecting the amount of data to transfer.<\/p>\n

After selecting the data transfer option and entering the Telkom number, we were presented with a menu detailing daily and monthly transfer limits.<\/p>\n

Telkom customers have a daily data transfer limit of 1GB and a monthly limit of 10GB.<\/p>\n

After choosing to continue, we selected which bundle we would like to transfer data from, and then chose to transfer 250MB to our recipient.<\/p>\n

Within a minute, the recipient number received an SMS notification confirming receipt of the data bundle and the data’s expiry date.<\/p>\n

We also received an SMS which detailed our remaining balance as well as the remaining monthly limit for data transfer.<\/p>\n

We encountered no problems with the data transfer system on Telkom, and were impressed by the speed and ease of sending data to another user vis USSD.<\/p>\n

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